Sola, Abraham de. Biography of David Aaron de Sola, Late Senior Minister of the Portuguese Jewish Community in London

A Son’s Tender Remembrance of His Father. Born in Amsterdam in 1796, David Aaron de Sola achieved distinction at a prodigiously young age as a master Talmudist. After several years of study in the famous Beth Hamedrash Ets Haim, he received his Rabbinic diploma from the Chief Rabbi of Amsterdam, Haham Daniel Cohen D’Azavedo before he was yet twenty. From 1818 until his death in 1861, de Sola served the Jewish community of London. This biography was written by the deceased’s son, Rev. Dr. Abraham de Sola of Montreal, himself a figure of significance in the nascent Jewish Community of Canada